WoW Cataclysm: The Worgen and Velinde Starsong
In World of Warcraft’s third expansion, Cataclysm, the worgen race becomes playable for the first time.
Although experienced players will recognize them from leveling quests in the game and have some sort of notion of where they come from, it can be a bit difficult to discern their origin.
Their history seems to be short-lived, but we’re actually still learning more about these werewolf-like creatures as more and more additions are added to the game. Their actual origin is still relatively unknown, but we know quite a bit about how they came to Azeroth.
There are actually three instances of Worgen that we can see:
1. Summoned to the world through the scythe of Elune discovered by Velinde Starsong.
2. Those summoned by Arugal, those he created himself, and the Grizzly Hills Wolf Cult
3. Finally, the citizens of the recently reintroduced nation of Gilneas.
Of all the worgen, we can look to Archmage Ur’s aptly named book, “The Book of Ur,” which describes the worgen as belonging to another dimension. He describes them as a savage and bloodthirsty race, who also seem to have impressive magical powers in the form of dark magic.
In this article I will focus on Velinde Starsong’s connection to the worgen, as each story is quite extensive.
The worgen summoned by Velinde Starsong go back a fairly long quest line that involved many trips around the world. It’s not very “important” and can be easily overlooked, but those who follow it from start to finish will learn quite an interesting story.
Although the Burning Legion was defeated, there are still remnants of their kind scattered across Kalimdor. Priestess and Sentinel Velinde Starsong was in charge of leading the forces that were to eradicate this threat.
As the demons were pushed to the limits of Felwood, it was becoming more and more difficult to control them. The night elves fell in great numbers, and in desperation, Velinde prayed to the goddess Elune for help. Although it is debated whether or not Elune answered her prayers, she found a weapon that she believed to be a gift from the Goddess.
He called it the “Scythe of Elune” and discovered that it was much more than a weapon. In fact, she showed him visions of wolf-like men fighting demons. Through concentration, he discovered that he could communicate with these creatures, and from there, he could summon them to his world.
For a time, Velinde’s worgen army fought alongside her and her brethren, but as she summoned more and more into the world, they became increasingly rebellious and independent.
And so, Velinde vowed to stop summoning worgen into the world. However, even without the scythe, the worgen multiplied even after Priestess refrained from using the scythe’s power.
He later learned of Arugal’s work in summoning the worgen and set off to travel north to Silverpine to meet him. However, she didn’t make it. After she arrived at Duskwood, something happened, although what has not yet been determined. It is speculated that she was summoned to the worgen world or simply died somehow.
In any case, these events took place inside a mine. The scythe was later picked up by quest favorite “Jitters”, who activated the summoning effect and accidentally summoned more and more worgen to the mine and Duskwood.
The summoning also somehow triggered the arrival of the Dark Riders of Deadwind Pass, although not much is known about these cruel and powerful beings, what is known is how they waste many citizens in Duskwood, including Sven Yorgen’s family. .
Somehow Scythe will return to the nation of Gilneas and be an integral part of the Cataclysm Worgen starting area. How she got there remains to be seen.
